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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–2340; Summary 

Notice No. 2023–47] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; The Boeing 

Company 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, the 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion or omission of information in 

the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before December 

26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2023–2340 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deana Stedman, AIR–646, Federal 

Aviation Administration, phone 206– 

231–3187, email deana.stedman@

faa.gov. This notice is published 

pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

28, 2023. 

Daniel J. Commins, 

Manager, Integration and Performance. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2023–2340. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 25.603(c), 25.609(a), 25.901(d), 

25.1309(b) & (d), 25.1535, Appendix 

K25.1.1, and Appendix K25.1.2. 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner has requested a partial 

exemption from the affected sections of 

14 CFR as they relate to the engine 

nacelle inlet structure and engine antiice system on the Model 737–7 airplane. 

The petitioner has requested temporary 

relief, through May 31, 2026, in order to 

develop and certify the design changes 

necessary to address overheating during 

certain conditions that may result in 

failure of the engine inlet inner barrel 

and severe engine inlet cowl damage. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26515 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0051] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

renew an information collection. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

September 26, 2023. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

January 3, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0051 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janelle Hinton, (202) 941–6744/ 

janelle.hinton@dot.gov; Martha Kenley, 

(202) 604–6979/martha.kenley@dot.gov, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of Civil 

Rights, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise Supportive Services (DBE/ 

SS). 

Background: The DBE/SS regulations 

(23 CFR 230.204(c)) require State DOT 

recipients to provide a detailed 

Statement of Work (SOW) outlining the 

proposed services and budget, 

approximated, based on the provided 

estimated funding allocation. State 

DOTs must submit a SOW that conforms 

to the purpose of the program, 

regulatory requirements, and federal 

cost principles to be eligible for funding. 

State DOTs send their proposed SOWs 

to the respective FHWA Division Office 

for review and approval, and the 

Division Offices sends the SOWs to HCR 

for concurrence and obtaining approvals 

necessary for allocating funds. While 

HCR has created guidance for State 

DOTs to follow in creating their SOWs, 

currently they are submitted in paper 

form and the contents and size of the 

submissions vary. Providing State DOTs 

with a SOW template available through 

the Civil Rights Connect System will 

streamline the SOW creation, 

submission, review, and approval 

process. 

The DBE/SS regulations (23 CFR 

230.204(h)) require State DOT recipients 

to provide reports to FHWA as a 

condition of receiving federal funding. 


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Although the regulations require 

reporting, there is no prescribed format 

for reporting this information to FHWA. 

Thus, FHWA receives varied reports 

that often lack the critical information 

necessary to evaluate whether the 

metrics identified in the State DOT’s 

SOW have been met, and the number 

and demographic breakdown of DBEs 

that have participated in the program. 

Without this data provided in a manner 

that can easily be converted into 

national reports, FHWA is unable 

provide meaningful stewardship and 

oversight or to measure the effectiveness 

of DBE/SS Programs nationally. The 

national picture created by this report 

will enable HCR to indicate notable 

implementation efforts and improve its 

deployment of technical assistance to 

FHWA divisions offices. Also, 

standardized data will improve FHWA’s 

ability to meaningfully respond to 

stakeholder inquiries, including 

Congress, regarding program 

accomplishments. Further, with 

standardized data of program results, 

FHWA can better support requests for 

additional funding. 

The information required to populate 

the DBE/SS SOW template is based on 

existing requirements found in 23 CFR 

230, subpart C; therefore, State DOTs 

should have the information to populate 

the SOW readily available. The 

information will merely be entered in an 

electronic fillable form as opposed to 

submitting a paper copy. The electronic 

system will also directly pre-populate 

the State’s Annual Accomplishment 

Report with the metrices identified in 

the State’s SOW. The information 

FHWA proposes to collect in its DBE/SS 

Accomplishment Report is based on 

existing reporting requirements found in 

23 CFR 230, subpart B and the State 

DOT’s individual detailed statement of 

work; therefore, State DOTs should have 

this information readily available. In 

addition, the fillable format will 

streamline the State’s reporting process 

by eliminating the States’ need to 

duplicate language from the SOW into 

the Annual Report. 

While the requirements will not 

change, use of the SOW template and 

Accomplishment Report form will 

benefit State DOTs and FHWA by 

making the submissions more uniform 

in size and content, streamlining the 

submission and review process, and 

pair the performance metrics more 

easily with their accomplishments. By 

providing the SOW template along with 

this reporting format, FHWA aims to 

improve its stewardship and oversight 

of the DBE/SS Program, while ensuring 

State DOTs are effectively administering 

these discretionary grants for the benefit 

of DBEs. 

Respondents: State Departments of 

Transportation Agencies responsible for 

submitting DBE/SS Statement of Work 

for the purpose of increasing the 

capacity and to improve the overall 

business practices of DBEs. 

Frequency: DBE/SS SOW are 

submitted annually (upon funding 

availability); Accomplishment Reports 

are submitted every year by July 31st. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated number of 

hours for each of the 52 recipients to 

compile and submit the requested data 

is estimated to be no more than four 

employee hours annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

burden for 53 recipients is 212 hours 

annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: November 28, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26511 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0846] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: VA Financial 

Services Center (VA–FSC) Vendor File 

Request Form 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0846.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266– 

4688 or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0846’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521. 

Title: VA Financial Services Center 

(VA–FSC) Vendor File Request Form 

(VA Form 10091). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0846. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The authorizing statute for 

this data collection falls under 31 U.S.C. 

3701 and Public Law 104–134, Section 

31001, Debt Collection Improvement 

Act of 1996. The mission of the 

Nationwide Vendor File Division of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs— 

Financial Services Center (VA–FSC) is 

to add, modify, or delete vendor records 

in the Financial Management Services 

(FMS) vendor file. The VA–FSC FMS 

vendor file controls aspects of when, 

where, and how vendors are paid. There 

are currently more than 2.4 million 

active vendor records in FMS. 

The VA–FSC Vendor File Request 

Form, VA Form 10091, was previously 

created to streamline the data required 

to establish a vendor record from 

multiple sources into a single form. VA– 

FSC developed a web-based version of 

the 10091, in addition to the paper 

version, and will fully transition to use 

of the web-based form. VA now seeks a 

routine three-year renewal of the 

previous OMB PRA clearance. VA Form 

10091 will be used throughout the VA 

to gather essential payment data from 

vendors (commercial, individuals, 

Veterans, employees, etc.) to establish or 

update vendor records in order to 

process electronic payments through the 


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